Lehigh Engineering faculty named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors
Five Lehigh University professors have been named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The 2026 cohort comprises 230 emerging inventors representing 82 NAI Member Institutions across the globe. This year’s class is the largest to date, with members collectively holding over 2,000 U.S. patents.
Lehigh Research Translation Effort Highlighted at Carnegie Mellon Startup Event
Lehigh University’s Research Translation AcceLUrator was highlighted at Carnegie Mellon University’s 2025 Startup Week, a multi-day celebration of entrepreneurship, innovation, and frontier technology hosted by CMU’s Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship. From September 23 to 26, the event brought together roughly 2,000 academics, researchers, investors, founders, and university leaders for over 25 events to explore strategies for accelerating innovation and advancing regional tech ecosystems.
Engineering faculty honored at university awards celebration
The Lehigh University community came together for the 2025 Faculty Appreciation Banquet to celebrate excellence in teaching, research, advising, and service across disciplines. The annual event recognized 18 faculty members for their contributions during the 2024–2025 academic year, honoring newly appointed professorships, long-service milestones, and award recipients.
Lehigh professor Israel E. Wachs elected to National Academy of Engineering
Israel E. Wachs, the G. Whitney Snyder Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Lehigh University, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional honors in the field of engineering.
Lehigh ISE debuts new courses harnessing artificial intelligence for industrial engineering and operations research
Lehigh University’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) is launching two new courses focused on the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into Industrial Engineering (IE) and Operations Research (OR), reinforcing the department’s leadership in preparing students and professionals for a rapidly evolving technological landscape. Together, these offerings put practical skills into action with guidance from proven methods, emphasizing impactful and ethical use of AI in complex service and industrial systems.
Shining a light on community-scale electrification solutions
Former NASA Astronaut Terry Hart shares perspective on 'Challenger' 40th anniversary
As the world marks the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, former NASA astronaut and professor Terry J. Hart ’68, who directs Lehigh University’s MS-AERO program, has been featured in national and international media, offering firsthand insight into the tragedy and its lasting impact on spaceflight.
Lehigh ISE faculty publish new book on practical optimization methods
Lehigh University’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) announces the release of Practical Nonconvex Nonsmooth Optimization, a new book by ISE faculty members Frank E. Curtis and Daniel P. Robinson. Published by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), the book provides a comprehensive yet accessible treatment of optimization problems involving continuous functions that may be nonconvex, nonsmooth, or both.